Homeless man asking for money

Sesame Street should watch this film and take notes. Nobody is hungry in this country! If there is than a big welfare check at the first of the month. If these bums are starving then how come they have food on them or already eating food. Tell them to find a job and they go furious. I was 14 when I got my first job and I wanted a job, but now 22 and haven't had a pay raise or a Christmas bonus in 5 years.


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That experience has actually happened to me twice this year. When I used to live in Arizona I worked at a Fry's Fuel Center (gas station) when a man
who appeared to be in his early to mid-thirties approached me. He asked if
I knew of any local church or shelter in the area where he and his six year
old daughter could sleep for the night. First off all I noticed that he
had just left the Taco Bell right across the parking lot from my place of
employment. He was eating a taco and carrying a TB bag of other food and
a large soda cup. So then I figured since he could afford to buy fast
food then he already had some cash in his pocket. And he was alone so
where was his child? I did not ask where was his daughter and his behavior
seemed really shady. I told him that I knew of no local church or shelter
where they could bed down for the night. He did not ask me for money
though as I continued with my daily duties he was approaching some of
my customers asking for money. And he also offered to fill up the bucket
I used for water to refill the window washer bins. I said "no it is my
job to do this and I get paid to do it." Then while inside the fuel center
kiosk I got a phone call from inside the store. Two women patrons had
complained about this idiot trying to panhandle from them! So then I went
outside and told him he needed to leave. He said okay and left and the
next day while I was at work he was seated outside the local Starbucks and
he even said hello. After that day I never saw him again as he moved on from
the area. The other time that I was approached was on my day off as I had
gone inside the Fry's Market Place to get my paycheck. I did so and got
back inside my ride and as I was exiting the parking lot I noticed a tall
black man in his late thirties to early fourties walking with two young
children who appeared to be his own. He saw me driving and waved me down.
I stopped and asked him what he wanted. He said he was poor and out of
work and asked for money. I answered that I had recently replaced the
transmission for my jeep to the cost of $1000.00 and so I had no extra
cash to give to him. I had told him the truth and even offered to show
him my receipt from the auto service place which was on my dashboard.
He said he did not need to see it and thanked me anyway. He and the
young boy and girl kept on walking. Now I do not know if this man was
truly poor and unemployed. Perhaps he was or he was a typical panhandler
who may have had money and was trying to scam shoppers from the store.
Back to the first person, if this guy was so desperate for a place to
sleep and for money then he could have gone to any local work center
and gotten himself registered for daily labor. Those businessess will
even pay cash to the registered workers at the end of the daily job
assignment. Though in my experience of living in Arizona and Florida
these low lifes and panhandlers are just too damn lazy to do an
honest day's work! And btw in Maricopa County, AZ where I used to
live panhandling is against the law due to a county ordinance. And
it is the same in Pinellas County, FL where I now live. Though with
the ongoing weak economy these people will go on doing what they have
done every day. Just wanted to share my two similar experiences.


Lorenzo In Sunny Florida

I'm James "Sonny" Crockett!

After being back in Florida I was at my local laundrymat to wash and dry
my clothes. As I drove up to the place I saw a white man in his mid-30s
standing outside. I parked and brought some of my wash inside. Then I
went back to my jeep for the rest and he approached me and told me
how he had just fought with his wife. And would I be kind enough to
buy him a beer. I replied "you see the arizona license plate on the
back of my jeep?" "Well I just moved back here and I am unemployed and
trying to find a job." "Therefore I need every dollar and cent that I
have to my name." I also told him that I would not buy him a beer and
that I also needed to spend for the laundrymat. He said okay and walked
away. In my other trips over there I no longer see him and one of the
attendants told me how he tries to pull the same story and scam on
other patrons as well! What a scam artist and low life! Now how is
he having claimed to have fought with his wife have anything to do
with him not being able to afford to buy his own beer!? Did his spouse
take all of the money from his wallet!? Who really cares and I certainly
do not care! LOL, LMAO!


Lorenzo In Sunny Florida

I'm James "Sonny" Crockett!

Wow Brad what a great story and is it really true? Now in Albuquerque, NM
there are so many native American males who spend every day panhandling
at gasoline stations, 7-Eleven stores and the Walmart Supercenters. This
is because the great majority of those Indians live at or below the
state's poverty level. And the majority of them are too lazy or just
uncaring to look for work and so they feel that they are entitled to
ask strangers for money. I was approached at gas stations during my
time out there and all of the panhandlers were native americans and
I never gave them any cash!


Lorenzo Sunny Arizona


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